EP1159350B1 - Composition de polymere multimodal - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a multimodal polymer composition for fibre optic cables and to a fibre optic cable.
- Fibre optical cables have been used for many years to transmit information.
- the fibre optical cables includes hair-thin optical fibres as the transmission medium. These optical fibres are protected by core or buffer tube structures from external forces and elements.
- the fibre optic cables may be divided in four different categories. These are the slotted core type, the tight-coated tube type, the stranded-loose tube type, and the central tube type. Some of these categories can be subdivided further depending on how the fibres are inserted into the core. Thus, the fibres may be inserted as individual fibres, fibre ribbons, or fibre bundles.
- the most frequently used type of fibre optic cable today is the stranded-loose tube type, but an increasing interest has been shown in the other types, especially the slotted core type which is of particular significance in connection with the present invention.
- the optical fibres reside in protecting and supporting elements in the form of gel filled buffer tubes. These buffer tubes are stranded around a central strengthening member.
- the optical fibres reside in gel filled channels or slots in the surface of a so-called slotted core supporting element.
- the core has the form of a central strengthening member of steel or fibre glass reinforced plastic around which is extruded a plastic rod with circumferential slots or groves in the surface. These slots of the slotted core are symmetrical and form a winding helical or SZ like path along the longitudinal axis of the cable.
- the optical fibres inserted into the slots may be loose fibres or fibre ribbons.
- the slotted core with its optical fibre and gel filled slots is secured with a binding tape and covered by an outer sheathing.
- the supporting elements such as the slotted core elements for slotted core type cables and the buffer tubes of the stranded loose tube type cables are made to very exacting requirements. This puts very severe requirements on the materials used for these elements.
- the elements are made of polymer materials by melt extrusion.
- the polymer material should have a good melt processability; to cope with the mechanical stresses it is exposed to in use it should have good mechanical properties such as a sufficient strength in the solid state; and, very important particularly to the slotted core type cable, the polymer material should have a good dimensional stability to keep the profile shape stable, i.e. so that the ridges of the slotted core are not deformed or collapses.
- melt strength of the material Another important property is the melt strength of the material, and further, the polymer material should have a low shrinkage. Many of these requirements are opposed to each other, i.e. if one property of the polymer material is optimized another property is likely to be deleteriously affected.
- the polymer materials used hitherto which are mostly unimodal polyethylene polymers therefore tend to be compromises with regard to their properties.
- the multimodal polymer composition of the present invention may be used for supporting elements of all types of fibre optical cables, such as buffer tubes and slotted cores, but in view of its outstanding dimensional stability it is of particular advantage as a material for the slotted core of fibre optical cables of the slotted core type.
- the superior properties of the multimodal polymer composition of the present invention are achieved by carefully selecting certain parameters of the polymer composition.
- the polymer composition should comprise a multimodal polyethylene having a low to high density, a high viscosity at low shear stress, and a selected ratio between its low molecular weight fraction and high molecular weight fraction.
- the present invention provides a multimodal polymer composition for fibre optical cables, characterised in that it comprises a multimodal polyethylene with a density of 0.920-0.965 g/cm 3 and a viscosity at a shear stress of 2.7 kPa ( ⁇ 2.7kPa ) of at least 150 kPa.s, said multimodal polyethylene comprising a low molecular weight (LMW) ethylene homo- or copolymer fraction and a high molecular weight (HMW) ethylene copolymer fraction, said multimodal polyethylene composition having a weight ratio of the LMW fraction to the HMW fraction of (35-55):(65-45).
- LMW low molecular weight
- HMW high molecular weight
- the present invention provides a fibre optical cable, characterised in that the cable has a fibre supporting element selected from slotted cores and buffer tubes, and that the fibre supporting element consists of a multimodal polymer composition according to any one of claims 1-13.
- the multimodal polymer composition of the present invention is a multimodal polyethylene.
- the "modality" of a polymer refers to the form of its molecular weight distribution curve, i.e. the appearance of the graph of the polymer weight fraction as function of its molecular weight. If the polymer is produced in a sequential step process, utilizing reactors coupled in series and using different conditions in each reactor, the different fractions produced in the different reactors will each have their own molecular weight distribution. When the molecular weight distribution curves from these fractions are superimposed into the molecular weight distribution curve for the total resulting polymer product, that curve will show two or more maxima or at least be distinctly broadened in comparison with the curves for the individual fractions. Such a polymer product, produced in two or more serial steps, is called bimodal or multimodal depending on the number of steps.
- multimodal polymers thus produced in two or more sequential steps are called "multimodal". It is to be noted here that also the chemical compositions of the different fractions may be different. Thus one or more fractions may consist of an ethylene copolymer, while one or more others may consist of ethylene homopolymer.
- the multimodal polyethylene of the present invention is a low to high density polyethylene, as mentioned above, and has a density of 0.920-0.965 g/cm 3 , preferably 0.940-0.960 g/cm 3 .
- the multimodal polyethylene of the present invention comprises a low molecular weight (LMW) ethylene homo- or copolymer fraction and a high molecular weight (HMW) ethylene copolymer fraction.
- LMW and HMW fractions may comprise only one fraction each or include sub-fractions, i.e. the LMW fraction may comprise two or more LMW sub-fractions and similarly the HMW fraction may comprise two or more HMW sub-fractions.
- the expression "ethylene homopolymer” used herein relates to an ethylene polymer that consists substantially, i.e. to at least 97% by weight, preferably at least 99% by weight, more preferably at least 99.5% by weight, and most preferably at least 99.8% by weight of ethylene and thus is an HD ethylene polymer which preferably only includes ethylene monomer units.
- the proportions of the LMW and HMW fractions are selected properly. More particularly, the weight ratio of the LMW fraction to the HMW fraction should lie in the range (35-55):(65-45), preferably (43-51):(57-49), most preferably (44-50):(56-50). It is important that the split lies within these ranges, because if the proportion of the HMW fraction becomes too great it results in too low strength values and if it is too low it results in an unacceptable formation of gels.
- the polymer should have such a dimensional stability that the dimensions of the slots and ridges of the slotted core remain intact in use, i.e. the slots and ridges must not be deformed.
- the dimensional stability of the multimodal polyethylene is defined in terms of its viscosity ( ⁇ ) at a constant shear stress of 2.7 kPa at a temperature of 190°C, i.e ⁇ 2.7kPa .
- the viscosity of the polymer at this shear stress is a measure of its average molecular weight and has been found to be inversely proportional to the flow of the polymer, i.e. the greater the viscosity the lower the flow.
- the viscosity at 2.7 kPa and 190°C should be at least 150 kPa.s, preferably 150-400 kPa.s.
- a more detailed description of the steps of the method for determination of the viscosity of the polymer at 2.7 kPa and 190°C is given below.
- rheology is advantageous in those cases where the high molecular weight end of the molecular weight distribution is important.
- size exclusion chromatography gel permeation chromatography
- gel permeation chromatography which often is used to measure the molecular weight distribution, is not sensitive enough in this molecular weight range.
- the complex viscosity function, ⁇ *( ⁇ ) is the same as the conventional viscosity function (viscosity as a function of shear rate), if frequency is taken in rad/s. If this empiric equation is valid, the absolute value of the complex modulus corresponds to the shear stress in conventional (that is steady state) viscosity measurements. This means that the function ⁇ *(G*) is the same as the viscosity as a function of shear stress.
- shear thinning that is the decrease of viscosity with G*, gets more pronounced the broader the molecular weight distribution is.
- This property can be approximated by defining a so called shear thinning index, SHI, as a ratio of the viscosity at two different shear stresses.
- SHI shear thinning index
- the shear stresses (or G*) 2.7 kPa and 210 kPa are used for calculating the SHI 2.7/210 as a measure of the broadness of the molecular weight distribution.
- SHI 2.7/210 should preferably be 20-150, more preferably 30-100.
- the melt flow rate which is equivalent to the term "melt index" previously used, is another important property of the multimodal polyethylene according to the invention.
- the MFR is determined according to ISO 1133 and is indicated in g/10 min.
- the MFR is an indication of the flowability, and hence the processability, of the polymer. The higher the melt flow rate, the lower the viscosity of the polymer.
- the MFR is determined at different loadings such as 2.1 kg (MFR 2.1 ; ISO 1133, condition D), 5 kg (MFR 5 ; ISO 1133, condition T) or 21.6 kg (MFR 21 ; ISO 1133, condition G).
- the multimodal polyethylene should preferably have an MFR 5 of 0.1-2.0 g/10 min, more preferably 0.1-1.0 g/10 min.
- FRR 21/5 is defined as MFR 21 /MFR 5 .
- the melt strength is also an important property of the multimodal polyethylene polymer of the present invention. Particularly, it is an important property when extruding slotted core elements for fibre optic cables of the slotted core type.
- the melt strength behaviour is dependent on the polymer structure and the melt strength is an indication of the resistance of a polymer against deformation and is related to the extensional viscosity of the polymer.
- the melt strength is determined in terms of the force required to pull a polymer melt string.
- a Rosand Advanced Rheometer equipped with a haul-off unit is utilized. A round hole die with a length to diameter ratio of 16/1 and a piston speed of 1 mm/min at a temperature of 190°C is used in the capillary rheometer unit.
- the extrudate from the capillary rheometer is streched by a haul-off unit with stepwise increased speed and the haul-off force is measured.
- the melt strength is defined as the force at the speed where the extrudate breaks off.
- the multimodal polyethylene polymer of the present invention should have a melt strength of at least 4 g, preferably 4-10 g, more preferably 5-8 g, determined as described above.
- multimodal, in particular bimodal, olefin polymers such as multimodal polyethylene
- the reactor configuration may be of type slurry/slurry, slurry/gas phase or gas phase/gas phase.
- EP 517 868 which is hereby incorporated by way of reference as regards the production of multimodal polymers.
- the main polymerisation stages are preferably carried out as a combination of slurry polymerisation/gas-phase polymerisation.
- the slurry polymerisation is preferably performed in a so-called loop reactor.
- the use of slurry polymerisation in a stirred-tank reactor is not preferred in the present invention, since such a method is not sufficiently flexible for the production of the inventive composition and involves solubility problems.
- a flexible method is required in order to produce the inventive composition of improved properties. For this reason, it is preferred that the composition is produced in two main polymerisation stages in a combination of loop reactor/gas-phase reactor.
- the main polymerisation stages may be preceded by a prepolymerisation, in which case up to 20% by weight, preferably 1-10% by weight, more preferably 1-5% by weight, of the total amount of polymers is produced.
- the prepolymer is preferably an ethylene homopolymer (HDPE).
- HDPE ethylene homopolymer
- all of the catalyst is preferably charged into a loop reactor and the prepolymerisation is performed as a slurry polymerisation.
- Such a prepolymerisation leads to less fine particles being produced in the following reactors and to a more homogeneous product being obtained in the end.
- this technique results in a multimodal polymer mixture through polymerisation with the aid of a Ziegler-Natta or metallocene catalyst in several successive polymerisation reactors.
- a bimodal polyethylene which according to the invention is the preferred polymer
- a first main ethylene polymer fraction is produced in a first reactor under certain conditions with respect to hydrogen-gas concentration, temperature, pressure, and so forth.
- the polymer including the catalyst is separated from the reaction mixture and transferred to a second reactor, where further polymerisation takes place under other conditions.
- a first main polymer fraction of high melt flow rate (low molecular weight, LMW) with or without addition of comonomer is produced in the first reactor
- a second main polymer fraction of low melt flow rate (high molecular weight, HMW) and with addition of comonomer is produced in the second reactor.
- comonomer of the HMW fraction and the LMW fraction as the case may be, various alpha-olefins with 4-8 carbon atoms may be used, but the comonomer is preferably selected from the group consisting of 1-butene, 1-hexene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, and 1-octene.
- the amount of comonomer is preferably such that it comprises 0.02-5.0 mol%, more preferably 0.05-2.0 mol% of the multimodal polyethylene.
- the resulting end product consists of an intimate mixture of the polymers from the two reactors, the different molecular-weight-distribution curves of these polymers together forming a molecular-weight-distribution curve having a broad maximum or two maxima, i.e. the end product is a bimodal polymer mixture. Since multimodal, and especially bimodal, ethylene polymers, and the production thereof belong to the prior art, no detailed description is called for here, but reference is had to the above mentioned EP 517 868.
- the multimodal polyethylene composition according to the invention is a bimodal polymer mixture. It is also preferred that this bimodal polymer mixture has been produced by polymerisation as above under different polymerisation conditions in two or more polymerisation reactors connected in series. Owing to the flexibility with respect to reaction conditions thus obtained, it is most preferred that the polymerisation is carried out in a loop reactor/a gas-phase reactor.
- the polymerisation conditions in the preferred method are so chosen that a comparatively low-molecular polymer with or without comonomer is produced in one stage, preferably the first main stage, owing to a high content of chain-transfer agent (hydrogen gas), whereas a high-molecular polymer having a content of comonomer is produced in another stage, preferably the second main stage.
- the order of these stages may, however, be reversed.
- the polymerisation temperature in the loop reactor preferably is 92-98°C, more preferably about 95°C, and the temperature in the gas-phase reactor preferably is 75-90°C, more preferably 82-87°C.
- a chain-transfer agent preferably hydrogen, is added as required to the reactors, and preferably 200-800 moles of H 2 /kmoles of ethylene are added to the reactor, when the LMW fraction is produced in this reactor, and 0-50 moles of H 2 /kmoles of ethylene are added to the gas phase reactor when this reactor is producing the HMW fraction.
- the catalyst for polymerising the multimodal polyethylene of the invention preferably is a Ziegler-Natta type catalyst. Particularly preferred are catalysts with a high overall activity as well as a good activity balance over a wide range of hydrogen partial pressures. Furthermore, the molecular weight of the polymer produced by the catalyst is of great importance.
- preferred catalysts may be mentioned the catalysts disclosed in EP 688 794 and FI 980788. It has surprisingly been found that when using these catalysts in a multistage process, it is possible to obtain the polymer having the characterstics described above. These catalysts also have the advantage that the catalyst (procatalyst and cocatalyst) only needs to and, indeed, only should be added in the first polymerisation reactor.
- the preferred catalyst according to FI 980788 will be described in more detail below.
- FI 980788 discloses a process for the production of a high activity procatalyst, characterized by the steps of reacting a support comprising a magnesium halide compound having the formula (1) : MgX n (OR) 2-n wherein each same or different R is a C 1 -C 20 alkyl or a C 7 -C 26 aralkyl, each same or different X is a halogen, and n is an integer 1 or 2, an alkyl metal halide compound having the formula (2): (R 1 n 1 MeX 1 3-n 1 )m 1 wherein Me is B or Al, each same or different R 1 is a C 1 -C 10 alkyl, each same or different X 1 is a halogen, n 1 is an integer 1 or 2, and m 1 is an integer 1 or 2, a magnesium composition containing magnesium bonded to a hydrocarbyl and magnesium bonded to a hydrocarbyl oxide, said magnesium composition having the empirical formula (3) : R 2 n 2 (OR
- magnesium composition a mixture or a compound.
- formula (3) is an empirical formula and expresses the molar amounts of alkyl R 2 and alkoxy OR 3 relative to the amount of magnesium Mg, which has been defined as 1, and differs from formulas (1), (2) and (4), which are essentially structural formulas and express the molecular structure of reagents (1), (2) and (4).
- the process comprises the subsequent steps of:
- the support used in the process is preferably in the form of particles, the size of which is from about 1 ⁇ m to about 1000 ⁇ m, preferably about 10 ⁇ m to about 100 ⁇ m.
- the support material must have a suitable particle size distribution, a high porosity and a large specific surface area. A good result is achived if the support material has a specific surface area between 100 and 500 m 2 /g support and a pore volume of 1-3 ml/g support.
- catalyst components (2) to (4) are reacted with a suitable catalyst support. If the catalyst components (2) to (4) are in the form of a solution of low viscosity, good catalyst morphology and therewith good polymer morphology can be achieved.
- R is a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy or a C 7 -C 26 aralkoxy.
- said compound (1) is a magnesium dihalide, most preferably MgCl 2 for example, the support may comprise solid MgCl 2 , either alone as a powder, or as a powder mixture with other inorganic powders.
- the support comprising a magnesium halide compound having the formula (1) comprises an inorganic oxide.
- an inorganic oxide Several oxides are suitable, but silicon, aluminium, titanium, chromium and zirconium oxide or mixtures thereof are preferred.
- the most preferred inorganic oxide is silica, alumina, silica-alumina, magnesia and mixtures thereof, uttermost preferably silica.
- the inorganic oxide can also be chemically pretreated, e.g. by silylation or by treatment with aluminium alkyls.
- the support may be a mixture of said magnesium halide compound (1) and another solid powder, which preferably is an inorganic oxide.
- the support comprises particles having a core comprising said inorganic oxide and a shell comprising said magnesium halide compound having the formula (1). Then, the support comprising a magnesium halide compound having the formula (1) and an inorganic oxide can conveniently be prepared by treating particles of the inorganic oxide with a solution of the magnesium halide and removing the solvent by evaporation.
- the amount of magnesium halide compound (1) is such that the support contains from 1 to 20% by weight, preferably from 2 to 6% by weight, of magnesium Mg.
- the process further comprises a step of reacting an alkyl metal halide compound of the formula (2): (R 1 n 1 MeX 1 3-n 1 ) m 1 wherein Me is B or Al, each same or different R 1 is a C 1 -C 10 alkyl, each same or different X 1 is a halogen, n 1 is an integer 1 or 2, and m 1 is an integer 1 or 2.
- Me is preferably Al.
- Each same or different R 1 is preferably a C 1 -C 6 alkyl, and, independently, the preferred same or different halogen X 1 is chlorine.
- n 1 is preferably 1 and m 1 is preferably the integer 1 or 2.
- the alkyl metal haide compound having the formula (2) is an alkyl aluminium dichloride, e.g. ethylaluminium dichloride (EADC).
- the alkyl metal halide compound is preferably deposited on the support material.
- An even deposition is achieved if the viscosity of the agent or its solution is below 10 mPa.s at the temperature applied.
- the alkyl metal halide agent can be diluted by a non-polar hydrocarbon.
- the best deposition is however achieved if the total volume of the deposited alkyl metal halide solution is not exceeding the pore volume of the support, or if the excess of diluting hydrocarbon is evaporated away after the deposition of the alkyl metal halide.
- a good choice is to use a 5-25% hydrocarbon solution of ethyl aluminium dichloride.
- the chemical addition times and the addition techniques are preferably adjusted to give an even distribution of the chemical in the support material.
- step b) can advantageously be performed so that undiluted alkyl metal halide (2) is used to treat the support comprising a magnesium halide compound having the formula (1).
- the support is contacted with a solution of the alkyl metal halide compound having the formula (2) in an essentially non-polar solvent, preferably a non-polar hydrocarbon solvent, most preferably a C 4 -C 10 hydrocarbon.
- concentration of the alkyl metal halide compound having the formula (2) in said non-polar solvent is usually 1-80% by weight, preferably 5-40% by weight, most preferably 10-30% by weight.
- the support is contacted with a solution of said alkyl metal halide compound (2) in a ratio mol of the alkyl metal halide compound (2) to grams of the support of between about 0.01 mmol/g and about 100 mmol/g, preferably about 0.5 mmol/g and about 2.0 mmol/g.
- the amount of reactants can also be expressed as molar ratio, whereby it is advantageous, if the molar ratio of said alkyl metal halide compound (2) to said magnesium halide compound (1) of the support is between about 0.01 mol/mol to about 100, preferably about 0.1 mol/mol to about 10, most preferably from about 0.2 to about 3.0.
- the temperature of said contacting is e.g. 5-80°C, preferably 10-50°C, most preferably 20-40°C.
- the duration of said contacting is 0.1-3 h, preferably 0.5-1.5 h.
- each same or different R 2 is preferably C 2 -C 10 alkyl, most preferably a C 2 -C 8 alkyl.
- Each same or different R 3 is preferably a C 3 -C 20 alkyl, more preferably a branched C 4 -C 10 alkyl, most preferably a 2-ethyl-1-hexyl or a 2-propyl-1-pentyl.
- the magnesium composition containing magnesium bonded to a hydrocarbyl and magnesium bonded to a hydrocarbyl oxide having the empirical formula (3) can also be expressed by its preparation. According to one embodiment, it is a contact product of a dialkyl magnesium having the formula (5): R 2 2 Mg wherein each same or different R 2 is defined as above, and an alcohol.
- the dialkyl magnesium having the formula (5) is dibutyl magnesium, butyl ethyl magnesium or butyl octyl magnesium.
- the magnesium composition can also be defined in that the magnesium composition containing magnesium bonded to a hydrocarbyl and magnesium bonded to a hydrocarbyl oxide having the empirical formula (3) is a contact product of a dialkyl magnesium and an alcohol having the formula (6): R 3 OH wherein each same or different R 3 is the same as above.
- the alcohol having the formula (6) is a 2-alkyl alkanol, preferably 2-ethyl hexanol or 2-propyl pentanol. It was found, that such branched alcohols gave better results than linear alcohols.
- the magnesium composition containing magnesium bonded to a hydrocarbyl and magnesium bonded to a hydrocarbyl oxide having the empirical formula (3) is a contact product of a dialkyl magnesium and an alcohol in a molar ratio alcohol to dialkyl magnesium of 0.01-100 mol/mol, preferably 1.0-5.0 mol/mol, more preferably 1.7-2.0 mol/mol, most preferably 1.8-1.98 mol/mol.
- the dialkyl magnesium and the alcohol are conveniently contacted by adding the alcohol to a solution of said dialkyl magnesium in an organic solvent, e.g. a C 4 -C 10 hydrocarbon. Then, the concentration of the solution is preferably between 1 and 50% by weight, most preferably between 10 and 30% by weight.
- the contacting temperature between the dialkyl magnesium and the alcohol is preferably 10-50°C, preferably from about 20°C to about 35°C.
- said first product is contacted with said magnesium composition (3) in a ratio moles of magnesium/g of the support between 0.001-1000 mmol/g, preferably 0.01-100 mmol/g, most preferably 0.1-10 mmol/g (g of the support means, in the case of said first reaction product, the support which was used as starting material for the first reaction product).
- a good deposition of said magnesium composition as a solution is achieved if the volume of the magnesium composition (3) solution is about two times the pore volume of the support material. This is achieved if the concentration of the composition in a hydrocarbon solvent is betweewn 5-60% in respect of the hydrocarbon used.
- its hydrocarbon solution should have a viscosity that is lower than 10 mPa.s at the temperature applied.
- the viscosity of the magnesium complex solution can be adjusted for example by the choice of the group R 4 in the formula (3), by the choice of the concentration of the hydrocarbon solution, by the choice of the ratio between the magnesium alkyl and the alcohol or by using some viscosity lowering agent.
- the titanium compound can be added to the support material with or without a previous drying of the catalyst to remove the volatile hydrocarbons. Remaining hydrocarbons can if desired be removed by using slight underpressure, elevated temperature or nitrogen flash.
- the transition metal compound is a titanium halide compound having the formula (4).
- R 4 is preferably a C 2 -C 8 alkyl, most preferably a C 2 -C 6 alkyl.
- X 2 is preferably chlorine and, independently, n 3 is preferably 0.
- Said titanium halide compound having the formula (4) is advantageously titanium tetrachloride.
- a titanium compound having the formula (7) in addition to said titanium compound having the formula (4), a titanium compound having the formula (7): (R 5 O) n 4 TiX 3 4-n 4 wherein each same of different R 5 is a C 1 -C 20 alkyl, preferably a C 2 -C 8 alkyl, most preferably a C 2 -C 6 alkyl, each same or different X 3 is a halogen, preferably chlorine, n 4 is an integer 1-4, and Ti is quadrivalent titanium, is reacted.
- the titanium compound (7) always has at least one alkoxy group, which helps dissolving the titanium compound (4) which does not necessarily have alkoxide, into an organic solvent before the contacting.
- step d) of the preferred step sequence a) ⁇ d) said second product is advantageously contacted with the titanium compound having the formula (4) in a ratio moles of said titanium compound/g of the support of 0.01-10 mmol/g, preferably 0.1-2 mmol/g.
- said second reaction product is contacted with said titanium compound (4) in a ratio moles of said titanium compound (4)/total moles of the magnesium of 0.05-2 mol/mol, preferably 0.1-1.2 mol/mol, most preferably 0.2-0.7 mol/mol.
- the temperature is usually 10-80°C, preferably 30-60°C, most preferably from about 40°C to about 50°C, and the contacting time is usually 0.5-10 h, preferably 2-8 h, most preferably from about 3.5 h to about 6.5 h.
- the catalyst component has high activity both when producing low melt flow rate ethylene polymer and high melt flow rate polymer.
- High molecular weight polymer has high melt viscosity, i.e. low melt flow rate, and low molecular weight polymer has low melt viscosity, i.e. high melt flow rate.
- ethylene homopolymer and copolymer with low gel content. Most preferably it produces ethylene homopolymer having a gel number, expressed as number of gel spots/sq.m in a film prepared from the material, of 0. This means, that by the standards used, the catalyst components can be used to produce totally homogenous (gelless) low and high molecular weight ethylene polymer.
- the alkyl metal halide compound of the formula (2) can, if used, act completely or partially as a cocatalyst. However, it is preferable to add a cocatalyst having the formula (9) : R 6 n 5 AlX 4 3-n 5 wherein R 6 is a C 1 -C 20 alkyl, preferably a C 1 -C 10 alkyl, most preferably a C 2 -C 6 alkyl such as ethyl, X is halogen, preferably chlorine, n is 1 to 3, more preferably 2 or 3, most preferably 3, to the polymerization mixture.
- the cocatalyst having the formula (9) can be used irrespective of whether said alkyl metal halide compound (2) is used or not.
- this multimodal polyethylene may include various additives such as fillers, etc. as is known and conventional in the art.
- the bimodal polyethylene polymers of Examples 2-5 according to the present invention were prepared by prepolymerisation i a loop reactor, followed by polymerisation of the LMW fraction in a loop reactor and the HMW fraction in a gas-phase reactor. More particularly, the polymerisations were carried out as follows.
- the slurry was taken out of the reactor and led into a 500 dm 3 loop reactor.
- the reactor was operated at 95°C temperature and 61 bar pressure. No comonomer was fed into the loop reactor.
- Comparative Examples 2 and 3 Two prior art unimodal ethylene polymers (Comparative Examples 2 and 3) were tested.
- the unimodal ethylene polymer of Comparative Example 2 was a blend of 80% by weight of LDPE and 20% by weight of HDPE.
- the details of these comparative polymers are given in Table 2. None of the comparative polymers satisfied the condition that the viscosity is at least 150 kPa.s at a shear stress of 2.7 kPa.
- the shrinkage of the polymers was determined in accordance with VDE 0472, Part 630 where the shrinkage is measured in 500 mm cable samples after five temperature cycles between room temperature and 80°C.
- the cables were extruded on a pilot cable line with a 60 mm/24 D extruder with the temperatures set at 170/175/180/190/190/210°C, respectively.
- the line speed was 75 m/min.
- a jacket of 1 mm thickness was extruded directly onto a single aluminium conductor using a semi-tube die (cable outer diameter 5 mm).
- the bimodal polyethylenes of Examples 2-5 After having tested the properties of the bimodal polyethylenes of Examples 2-5 according to the present invention, they were used for making slotted cores for fibre optical cables as described previously.
- the polymers were easy to process into slotted core elements of both helical and SZ-type and the slotted core elements had excellent definition, i.e. their slots and ridges had sharp edges and exact dimensions. Further, the dimensional stability of the slotted core elements after extrusion was excellent.
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- Composition en polymère multimodal pour des câbles à fibres optiques, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un polyéthylène multimodal avec une masse volumique de 0,920 à 0,965 g/cm3 et une viscosité à une contrainte de cisaillement de 2,7 kPa, à une température de 190°C (η2,7 kPa) d'au moins 150 kPa.s, ledit polyéthylène multimodal comprenant une fraction d'homo- ou de copolymère d'éthylène de faible masse moléculaire (LMW) et une fraction de copolymère de l'éthylène de masse moléculaire élevée (HMW), ladite composition de polyéthylène multimodal ayant un rapport des masses de la fraction LMW à la fraction HMW de (35 à 55):(65 à 45).
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon la revendication 1, où le polyéthylène multimodal a un indice de fluidification par cisaillement (SHI) défini comme le rapport des viscosités aux contraintes de cisaillement de 2,7 et de 210 kPa, respectivement, SHI2,7/210 = 20 à 150.
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon la revendication 1 ou 2, où le rapport des masses de la fraction LMW à la fraction HMW est de (43 à 51):(57 à 49).
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, où le polymère multimodal a une MFR5 de 0,1 à 2,0 g/10 mn.
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, où le polymère multimodal a une résistance en phase fondue d'au moins 4 g à 190°C.
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, où le polymère multimodal est un polyéthylène bimodal produit par (co)polymérisation dans deux étapes de polymérisation principales.
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, où le copolymère de l'éthylène de la fraction HMW est un copolymère de l'éthylène et d'un comonomère choisi dans le groupe constitué par le 1-butène, le 1-hexène, le 4-méthyl-1-pentène et le 1-octène.
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, où la quantité de comonomère est de 0,02 à 5,0 % en mole par rapport au polymère multimodal.
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, où le polymère a été obtenu par la polymérisation en suspension, dans un réacteur en boucle, d'une fraction d'homo- ou de copolymère d'éthylène LMW, suivie par la polymérisation en phase gazeuse d'une fraction de copolymère d'éthylène HMW.
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon la revendication 9, où la polymérisation en suspension est précédée d'une étape de pré-polymérisation.
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon la revendication 10, où le polymère a été obtenu par une pré-polymérisation dans un réacteur en boucle, suivie de la polymérisation en suspension, dans un réacteur en boucle, d'une fraction d'homo- ou de copolymère d'éthylène LMW, et de la polymérisation en phase gazeuse d'une fraction de copolymère d'éthylène HMW.
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 11, où le procatalyseur et le cocatalyseur de la polymérisation ne sont ajoutés que dans le premier réacteur de polymérisation.
- Composition de polymère multimodal selon la revendication 12, où le catalyseur de polymérisation est un catalyseur du type Ziegler-Natta.
- Câble à fibres optiques, caractérisé en ce que le câble a un élément de support de fibres choisi parmi des noyaux à encoches et des tubes réservoirs et l'élément supportant les fibres est constitué par une composition de polymère modal selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 13.
- Câble à fibres optiques selon la revendication 14, dans lequel l'élément de support de fibres est un noyau à encoches.
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